Year: 2014
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As Heart Month turns 50, Vanderbilt health educator offers tips for heart health
9 tips for heart health Read MoreFeb 3, 2014
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Some of our favorite photos of the week
[View the story "Our favorite #vandygram photos of the week" on Storify]… Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Harry Howe Ransom, CIA expert, has died
Harry Howe Ransom, a leading authority on the intelligence community in the United States, died Jan. 28 at home. He was 91. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Sitemason being retired March 31; check your websites now
The website management system Sitemason is being retired Mar. 31, 2014. Users are urged to check their sites now to make plans for their Web content and tools. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Mellon Foundation president to deliver Vanderbilt’s Howard Lecture
Earl Lewis, president of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will deliver the 2013-14 Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture Feb. 20 at Vanderbilt University's Central Library. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Vanderbilt ophthalmologist offers tips for healthy eyes in winter
Cold weather can be rough on skin, drying it out and making it itchy and uncomfortable, but winter can also be harsh on another part of body—the eyes. During the winter months, the air outside and indoors is typically dry. The lack of moisture can… Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Concur no longer just for travel expenses
Later this winter, employees will be able to use Concur for any type of employee reimbursement for business-related expenses, not just travel. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Vanderbilt named a ‘healthiest workplace in America’
Vanderbilt University has been named one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America for 2014 by Healthiest Employers, an independent corporate wellness research and data analysis firm. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Anna Quindlen: ‘Still Life with Bread Crumbs’ at Blair School
Best-selling author Anna Quindlen will read from and sign her latest novel, Still Life with Bread Crumbs, at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Ingram Hall at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. The event is part of the Salon@615 lecture series, a partnership among the Nashville Public Library, Parnassus Books, the… Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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VUCast: Life-Changing Internship
In the latest VUCast: One Vanderbilt student plans to help the world's poor; take a tour inside the new Recreation and Wellness Center; and learn how Vanderbilt experts are reaching millions. All this and more in the latest VUCast, Vanderbilt's online newscast. Watch now. Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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ETSU names Robert T. Means Jr., MD’83, new dean of Quillen College of Medicine
Robert T. Means Jr., MD’83, has been named dean of the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University, effective March 1. He comes to ETSU from the University of Kentucky where he currently serves as executive dean and professor of internal medicine and is a member… Read MoreJan 31, 2014
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Share the love in February by participating in USAC food drive
Share the love this February by joining the University Staff Advisory Council and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee in the fight against hunger. Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Health Plus hosts heart health activities all month long
February is National Heart Month and Health Plus is hosting several events for faculty and staff. Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Author to sign ‘The Raiding Winter’ at Barnes & Noble Feb. 15
Author Michael R. Bradley will sign his new book "The Raiding Winter" at Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt, Saturday, Feb. 15. Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Special opera performance tailored for children with autism
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center TRIAD program has collaborated with the Nashville Opera to create a free performance of "Billy Goats Gruff" for children with autism spectrum disorder. Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Funding opportunity available for academic-community partnerships
The Meharry-Vanderbilt Community Engaged Research Core invites proposals for activities that promote on-going, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Hot Chocolate 15/5K will cause lane closures on West End
Expect lane closures on West End Avenue during the Hot Chocolate 15/5K Feb. 15. Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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A portrait series by Hannah Stahl, BA’12 remembers women killed at Auschwitz
Hannah Stahl, BA’12, received Vanderbilt’s Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award, allowing the means for travel and independent art activity for one year. She visited Italy, Amsterdam and Poland—where her trip to Auschwitz inspired 10 paintings of the faces of female prisoners, shortly before execution. The display is currently on view… Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Here’s your chance to be part of NCAA Women’s Final Four
(Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Nashville will host the 33rd NCAA Women’s Final Four April 6-8. All games will be played at Bridgestone Arena. Volunteers are needed to assist with events beginning Wednesday, April 2, through Wednesday, April 9. The national semifinal games will be played Sunday, April 6, at 5:30 and 8… Read MoreJan 30, 2014
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Shakespeare festival director is next guest in bookstore interview series
Stronger Arts/Stronger Cities, a yearlong series hosted by Barnes & Noble at Vanderbilt, will continue Thursday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. with Nashville Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Denice Hicks. Read MoreJan 30, 2014